Polishing and buffing machines, metalworking, manufacturing · Wisconsin

Messer

Menomonee Falls, WI · ~159 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Messer runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Polishing and buffing machines, metalworking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Messer: 2.4 TCR = 73% of Polishing and buffing machines, metalworking, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Messer safety composite

Messer scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−1.8

2016→2022

Messer injury rate improved

Messer's TCR fell 1.8 from 4.1 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.1 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=2.0 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333517 · Menomonee Falls, WI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 73% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/33
  • PHOTO Caribou Technologies
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~159 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Caribou Technologies (0.0 TCR gap)

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Messer in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Messer averages 2.4 TCR (73% of the Polishing and buffing machines, metalworking, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Messer TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=2 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Messer falls in its industry

391 Polishing and buffing machines establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 33 Polishing and buffing machines employers in Wisconsin.

Messer (159 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Messer
Messer (159 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Messer has more employees than the Polishing and buffing machines, metalwor median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2022 2.3 0.0 4 0 0
2021 1.3 0.0 2 0 0
2020 1.4 0.0 2 0 0
2019 2.3 0.6 3 1 0
2018 2.0 0.7 3 0 0
2017 3.6 2.1 5 0 0
2016 4.1 2.7 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333517 · WI · Menomonee Falls

391 Polishing and buffing machines, metalworking, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 206 employers in Menomonee Falls, WI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Caribou Technologies 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Polco Metal Finishing 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sakamura U.S.A., Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mendell Machine & Manufacturing DBA EPTAM Precision Micro-machining 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Michels Power-Neenah, WI 159 FTE
STATE-SIZE Andes Candies LLC 159 FTE
STATE-SIZE SPI - WN Merrill - Water St 159 FTE
STATE-SIZE International Paper - Manitowoc 159 FTE
CITY-NEAR 900 - Corporate Offices 4,467 FTE
CITY-NEAR 900 - Corporate Office 4,231 FTE
CITY-NEAR FROEDTERT MENOMONEE FALLS HOSPITAL 1,473 FTE
CITY-NEAR Community Memorial Hospital 1,405 FTE
NAT-TCR Elbex Corp. 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sonesta ES Suites San Diego - Sorrento Mesa 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Summit Lubricants 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Founders Brewing - 235 Grandville 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Arcadia Inc. - ACU 159 FTE
NAT-SIZE Construction 159 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sanofi, Northborough 159 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6458-ZROC 159 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.